Wind-shield.



G. L. WILSON.

WIND SHIELD.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 29, 1908.

Patentd Dec.24, 1912.

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Patented Dec. 24, 1912.

WIND SHIELD.

G. L. WILSON.

APPLICATION FILED rm. 29, 190B. ,467.

GEORGE L. WILSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIG-NOR TO MARTIN L. WILLIAMS, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

WIND-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24., 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon L. VILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York, in the State of New York, have in vented a certain new and useful Improvement in ind-Shields, of which the follow ing is a specification, such as will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same.

My invention relates to wind-shields for vehicles, and is more particularly designed and adapted for use in automobiles, and its object is to provide a divided or longitudinally split transparent shield, usually of glass, with but little obstruction to the View at the point of the horizontal division or split, the upper portion or sash of which may be easily and quickly removed from the top of the lower sash, and securely clamped in place in the lower position, and which can be as easily and quickly raised and secured in the upper or wind-shielding position. All this I accomplish in the manner hereinafter more fully described and as more particularly pointed out in the claims.

My said invention is fully shown and de scribed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, wherein similar letters or numerals of reference, designate like or equivalent parts, and in which- Figure 1, is a side view in elevation of the front oortion of an automobile, provided with my improved form of windshield, Fig. 2, is a view from the front, on an enlarged scale, of such wind-shield, Fig. 3, is a side view of the shield as shown in Fig. 2, taken in section on the line 33 of such Fig. 2, looking-toward the left, Fig. 4, is a side view of my improved wind-shield, about to be shifted from one position to the other, Fig. 5, is a like view of such windshield, in the upper or wind-shielding position, and Fig. 6, is a top view in detail, partially in section of one of the side joints, and securing screw bolts taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings :The reference letter A, designates the upper or movable sash portion of my improved wind-shield, and B, the lower portion thereof. The sides 11, top 12 and bottom 13, thereof, are of any desired material, but are usually of Wood, while the abutting port-ions of the two sashes, at the horizontal joint, are formed of thin strips of metal 141, so that when together, and the upper portion of the sash is raised there will be no appreciable obstruction of the view, through the glass panes l5.

Secured to the top sash A, on the lower portion of each of the uprights, 11, usually by means of screws, 16, is a metal securing strip 17, having the oil-set or shoulder, 18, through which passes the screw bolt 19, having the securing tl11'lmb1111l3 20. Secured in like manner to the top of the side pieces 11, of the bottom sash B, are like metallic side pieces 21, provided with the rearwardly extending supporting lug 22, provided with the supporting slot 23, which is open at the top to receive the bolt 19, so as to support and hold the upper sash A in position upon the lower. Such metallic side pieces 21, are also provided with the forwardly extending shoulders or portions 28 and from the outer end of such shoulders 23", a brace-rod 24. usually extends to the forward portion of the chassis of the vehicle, to give greater rigidity to the wind-shield, the bottom portion of the lower sash B being secured rigidly thereto by brackets 25, or in any other desired manner.

Secured at the upper end to the metallic side piece or strip 17, by means of a pivot screw 26, is a swing-bar 27, which is in like manner, pivotally secured to the outer end of the lug or shoulder 23, by means of the pivot screw 28. The swing-bar 27, is bent into the form shown in Fig. 2, so as to provide an inwardly hollowed offset 29, which will permit of the free passage of the thumb-nut 20, through the hollow of such off-set, in the swinging motion of the swingbar, from the lower position shown in full lines in Fig. 3, to the upper or wind-shielding position, shown in dotted lines therein.

The securing screw-bolt 19, is screwed firmly int-o the side piece 17, and the inner face of the thumb-nut 20, is usually of cone form, as shown at 30 in Fig. (3, so as to fit more tightly into the slot 23 of the lug 22, which is made of suitable form to receive it.

hen in the raised position, shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, in order to lower the upper sash A into the non-shielding position, shown in full lines in Fig. 3, the thumbnuts 20 are loosened and the sash lifted so as to draw the securing screws 19 out of the slots 23 of the lugs 22, as shown in Fig.

4, then by turning the upper sash upon the pivot screws 26, so as to bring the upper piece 12, of the sash, backward and clownward, the securing screw bolts 19 may be reinserted in the slots 23, and such sash will then be in position shown in full lines in Fig. 3, when by simply retightening the thumb-nuts 20, such upper sash A may be rigidly secured in such lower position. To raise the sash, this operation is of course reversed.

What I claim is 1. In a device of the class described, a transparent shield divided horizontally into two parts, an off-set or shoulder on one side of the upper portion, extending outward from the face of the shield, a securing bolt extending outward from the off-set, side pieces having rearwardly and forwardly extending portions or lugs secured to the top of the lower portion of the shield at either end thereof, a slot formed in the rearwardly extending lug of such lower portion of the shield for the reception of the securing bolt secured to either end of such lower portion, a swing-bar, pivotally secured at one end to the central portion of the upper portion of the shield, and at the other to the forwardly extending portion of the lower portion of the shield by a like pivotal connection,'1nanually operated means for securing the securing bolt in the slot, and a stay secured at one end to the top of the lower 5 portion of the shield and at the other end to the forward portion of the vehicle.

2. In a wind shield, the combination with a fixed portion, a folding portion, arms carried bv one of said portions, links connecting said arms to the other portion, and a locking device consisting of connections be tween the parting edges of the two portions and wherein the same parts cooperate to detachably secure the folding portion in either its extended or folded position.

3. In a wind shield, the combination with a fixed portion, of a folding portion, links connecting the two portions, and a locking device consisting of a short open slot on each of the upper corners of the fixed portion and a clamping screw at each of the lower corners of the folding portion for the purpose of detachably securing said folding portion to said fixed portionin either its extended or folded position.

4. In a wind shield, the combination with a fixed portion, of a folding portion, arms carried by said fixed portion, links connect-- the edges of the two portions consisting of slots and pins cooperating therewith so placed that the same parts cooperate to detachably secure the folding portion in either its extended or folded position.

6. In a wind shield for vehicles, the combination with a fixed panel, a bracket extending outwardly therefrom at each upper corner, a swinging panel, a clamping screw at each lower corner thereof, its axis being parallel to the plane of the panel members, adapted to engage with itsstem in a recessed portion of the bracket adjacent thereto in either fully raised or fully folded position of said swinging panel, and, when tightened in such position, to be held, by the engagement of the surrounding portion of the bracket about the head of the screw from possible escape from said recessed portion, and a pivoted link member at each end of said swinging panel and connected to the outer end of said bracket, adapted to cooperate with the adjacent screw member in controlling the possible swing of the swinging panel with respect to the fixed panel.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan in the county, city and State of New York, this 18th day of February A. D. 1908.

RoswnLL M. PATTERSON, ABRAHAM S. GOLD.

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